Fierce

On one of our hikes in Switzerland, the boys and I made our fiercest pose!

Murren and Gimmewald, Switzerland

 On Sunday, we took a cable car and a train out of the valley in to Murren.  

 This was the cutest little village.  

 We took another cable car into an even smaller village, Gimmewald.  Bri, Chris, and Julian stayed here this summer and loved it.  We arrived in time for lunch.  

After we ordered, the boys played while we waited for our food.  

 You can't come to Switzerland without having fondue!

It was delicious!!!

 I loved this old building that had billiards and laundry on the outside.  

 This is the view from my seat at lunch.  

 We had to order chocolate fondue too!  

 We walked around the village a little bit.  Nate found a self service place to get alpine cheese.  

 This was another self service shop.  It had little Swiss souvenirs.  

 This sweet cow loved Link petting him!  

 The views from Gimmewald and Murren were amazing.  

 Once we got back into Lauterbrunnen, Memaw, Pappy, and Nate wanted a coffee.  While they got coffee, the boys and I walked back to the chalet.  

That little dot is Ethan.  He was so excited to have the key that he sprinted back. 

 Link and I enjoyed our last day Switzerland enjoying the awesome views!  

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

 We went with Memaw and Pappy to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland for the long weekend.  Lauterbrunnen has 72 waterfalls.  

 On our first day, we took a walk to Trummelbach Waterfalls.  

 We took our time and enjoyed the amazing scenery.  

 On our first night, we kept our window open and I kept hearing what I thought was a wind chime.  On our walk, I realized they were cow bells!

Trummelbach Waterfalls has ten waterfalls.  They were amazing!

We ran into a friend from book club while we were coming down!  This is really a small world. 

 As we walked down from the falls, we stopped to take a picture of Lauterbrunnen.  

 After a quick lunch back at the chalet, we went into Interlaken.  

We stopped at a Swiss chocolate store.  

 These two were very excited about this stop.  

 There was a large group of para gliders overhead.  

 The lake was very blue and calm!

After exploring Interlaken for awhile, we headed back to the chalet for dinner and games!

Ethan got Ticket to Ride for his bday.  It is a very fun game!  This group is competitive.  

Genoa, Milan, and Switzerland

 We left early from Camp Darby to make our way to our last resting place outside of Milan.  We took the drive up the Italian coast tand made a stop in Genoa.  This was some of our scenery on our drive!

 We made it to Genoa and it was a gorgeous city!

 The city sits on a hill and goes down to the coast!

 As we got to the city, we were in need of some lunch.  Marilyn asked a local where a good restaurant was and she took us to a VERY authentic Genoan restaurant.  

She walked us down some really cool streets to get there!

 This restaurant served Farinata.  It is a cake of ground chick peas.

 We all (except Ethan) really enjoyed it!

 Mixed plate of Farinata.

 We weaved our way back through tiny streets!  It was so cool!

 We stopped by Christopher Columbus' alleged house.  The guide books say that it can't be proved.

 Marilyn believes it's real!  :)

 We drove up to Milan.  I was sad to leave Genoa.  It was exactly what I pictured of Italy!

 Good-bye Genoa!

 Our only stop in Milan was the Cathedral.  The square still had their Christmas Market up.  I think every person in Milan was in the square!

The gargoyles were so detailed!

 There were lots of people in the square!

 Nate was super happy to get his last bit of gelato!  

 We left the next morning and were super happy that there was no fog on our drive back!  

Switzerland is much prettier without fog!

We enjoyed blue skies right up to the German border.  

Of course, gray skies welcomed us back to Germany!   

I didn't mind one bit!  It was nice to be home!  I missed my comfy bed!